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Showing 111120 of 35571 articles for Art. CA Amiens 27 March 1968 · Cass. com. 8 October 1991 · Cass. com. 24 November 1992 n° 91-11.055 · Cass. com. 11 January 2000 · CA Paris 17 January 2008 · Cass. com. 26 February 1979 · CA Paris 24 September 1991 · Cass. com. 26 October 1999

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-24

The application for administrative authorisation provided for in Article L. 6211-2 as it read prior to the entry into force of Order No. 2010-49 of 13 January 2010 as amended relating to medical biolo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-26

…to the collection of an additional session fee under the conditions provided for in article A. 444-18 : NUMBER OF THE SERVICE (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) NAME OF THE SERVICE PERFORMANCE PERIOD…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Provisions relating to Book I

Article 2494

Article 2493 is applicable under the conditions set out in Article 17-2. However, articles 21-7 and 21-11 are applicable to a child born in Mayotte to foreign parents before the entry into force of th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article R531-26

When the accelerated procedure is implemented in application of article L. 531-26, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons informs the applicant of this when he is summo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2422

Mortgage creditors cannot usefully take out a registration on the previous owner, from the publication of the transfer made to a third party. Registration has no effect between the creditors of an est…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Composition of the Assize Court

Article 242

The assize court is, at the hearing, assisted by a court clerk. In Paris and in the departments where a court of appeal sits, the duties of the registry are performed by a director of judicial registr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-27

To be eligible for aid, exhibitors must have organised at least one screening with paid admissions during 2020 in each cinema for which aid is requested.For cinemas created in 2020 and whose opening t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-27

…in consideration of :1° The difficulties encountered by the distribution company during the theatrical release in 2020 of the cinematographic works it has distributed;2° The quality of the distributi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Revolving credit

Article D312-26

The information mentioned in article L. 312-62 is presented in accordance with the document attached as an appendix to this code. The creditor shall provide this information to the consumer prior to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Remuneration.

Article R6152-24

…rticles L. 6152-4, L. 6154-4 and R. 6152-30 as well as those ofarticle 9 of decree no. 91-966 of 20 September 1991 relating to associated staff in hospital and university centres in the medical and od…

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